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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1911
Page
1
Janapolis is identified as the center of a supposed conspiracy involving plans to dynamite lives and property. Authorities indicate a major plot targeting key life and private property, with investigation expanding across related groups and entities.
Washington reports Attorney General Wickam orders a large Justice Department inquiry linked to the McNamara brothers case. The National Labor Leaders Association warns confessions may not end the probe as arrests could expand to many unions and cities. Walter Drew and Charley Cheney outline a broader push to uncover all those involved in the iron and steel structure bombings.
The bulletin lists temperatures and conditions for December 2 across multiple areas. West Texas shows fair Sunday. readings vary from 24 to 50 degrees with 12 mile per hour winds. Snow or rain possible in some locales, clearing by Sunday night.
A fragment notes that some Associated Press wire content is used by the San Antonio Light and asserts no basis for this claim. The text is unclear and lacks context or specifics about sources or dates.
Mrs. Jessie Finch speaking at the Equal Suffrage league in New York urged that four children suffice for the modern woman. She praised women’s efforts reducing infant mortality and argued that without war today, women should raise four or fewer children to serve society and the state.
Local Woodrow Wilson supporters plan to invite the New Jersey governor to San Antonio early next year. If he accepts, elaborate entertainment and an old fashioned democratic revival are planned, with expectations the visit will rank among the city's biggest political occasions.
A. D. Baldwin, arrested on an assault to murder charge after firing three shots at Dr. J. H. Bindley Saturday, was released from custody. He waived an examining trial before Justice Joseph Umscheid, bond fixed at 800 dollars with Dr. W. A. King Ed M. Tighe and A. E. Heilbron as sureties. A separate $300 bond was posted in county court with the same sureties as an affidavit filed by Detective Miller charging unlawful carry of firearms.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts, rumored candidate, arrived in Washington for the opening of Congress. He met Speaker Champ Clark and other Democrats, refused to discuss New England prospects or backing Clark, and commented on the pleasant weather before boarding a streetcar.
United States Marshal Eugene Nolte left for Washington to meet Attorney General Wickersham. The conference will not address the arrest of General Bernardo Reyes or the alleged Mexican conspiracy. The trip aims to settle a land litigation matter in El Paso.
The state political groups map the legislative agenda for a Monday session with Democrats Republicans and Progressives preparing to meet to discuss bills and priorities.
A summary of upcoming congressional agenda includes tariff reductions, Sherman anti trust amendment, a federal incorporation act, arbitration treaties with Britain and France, parcels post, a ship subsidy plan, currency reform, and creation of national health departments. It also covers laws for Panama Canal operation and a plan to cut appropriation budgets.
The Sixty second Congress begins amid expected bitter battles over tariffs and anti trust reform. Democrats push rapid action on tariff revision and appropriations while insurgent Republicans seek Sherman act changes and broader corporate controls. President Taft backs federal incorporation and arbitration treaties with a cautious stance on tariff revision.
Italian forces in Tripoli report a Bayram clash where Alpinists and the eighteenth regiment advanced to seize a trench near Fort Messis on Sidi Bassan heights. Captain Liberini led a bayonet charge, supported by two Eighteenth Regiment companies, routing seven hundred Arabs with minimal Italian losses. Correspondent Jean Carrere of Paris Temps was stabbed amid threats from the Young Turk society.
Hugh Jennings manager of the Detroit American League club and Rev. Peter F. Lynett were injured in a car accident near Gouldsboro Pennsylvania. Jennings regained consciousness but doctors said a Sunday assessment would show if he would recover. He suffered a broken wrist possible skull fracture and bruises. Lynett also injured with both legs broken and his left arm fractured. The Holdens married hours before the trip were slightly hurt.
Mrs Mabel Thompson stage star known as Mabel Taliaferro sues Frank D Thompson for divorce citing extreme and repeated cruelty. The couple married five years ago after a brief courtship and she left him about two years ago. She moved to Chicago after retiring from the stage. Four distinct instances of cruelty are listed in her bills.
The British foreign office dispatched a long cable to the Russian government urging the czar to soften his ultimatum to Persia. England previously told Persia to accept Russia’s demands and seeks American goodwill, fearing U.S. resentment if Shuster is denied a fair deal. Officials expect Russia to approve a modification, given England’s role as Russia’s strongest ally in the entente.
In St Petersburg the Persian government has not yet released its reply to the czar’s ultimatum. Reports indicate Persia rejects Russian demands while offering to provide satisfaction and seeking time to formulate proposals. It asks that Russian forces at Resht not advance beyond Kashin while proposals are prepared. Daily papers urge swift action and treat Teheran occupation as a foregone conclusion.
Fourteen Reyistad members were arrested after weeks under surveillance beginning October 20. Authorities pursued the group through a planned operation, resulting in multiple detentions.
Fourteen wealthy Mexicans in El Paso were arrested on charges of fomenting a revolution against the Madero government. Arrests followed raids on the Regista junta with evidence of planned armed action and shipments of arms across the border in the past three weeks.
From the St. Regis hotel in New York Senator Simon Guggenheim sent word to Colorado Republicans that he will not seek re nomination in next spring’s primaries. He cites rising business duties as his reason and adds his term ends March 3, 1913. No opposition had emerged and Colorado friends warn the move may shake centennial state politics.
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